Ādi 11.21

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নিত্যানন্দের গণ যত,-সব ব্রজসখা ।
শৃঙ্গ-বেত্র-গোপবেশ, শিরে শিখিপাখা ॥ ২১ ॥

nityanandera gana yata-saba vraja-sakha

srṅga-vetra-gopavesa, sire sikhi-pakha

SYNONYMS

nityanandera-of Lord Nityananda Prabhu; gana-followers; yata-all; saba-all; vraja-sakha-residents of Vrndavana; srṅga-horn; vetra-cane stick; gopa-vesa-dressed like a cowherd boy; sire-on the head; sikhi-pakha-the plume of a peacock.

TRANSLATION

All the associates of Lord Nityananda were formerly cowherd boys in Vrajabhumi. Their symbolic representations were the horns and sticks they carried, their cowherd dress and the peacock plumes on their heads.

PURPORT

Jahnava-mata is also within the list of Lord Nityananda's followers. She is described in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 66, as Anaṅga-manjari of Vrndavana. All the devotees who are followers of Jahnava-mata are counted within the list of Sri Nityananda Prabhu's devotees.